Pete Stokes
@ptid1976.bsky.social
Pompey fan and Secure Data Access Geek - Bennett Institute/OpenSAFELY, University of Oxford
It's shockingly poor from Hants, and from the ECB - no reason at all we couldn't either play on Friday (my birthday - would have been a nice treat) or play at one of OUR outgrounds...
August 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It's shockingly poor from Hants, and from the ECB - no reason at all we couldn't either play on Friday (my birthday - would have been a nice treat) or play at one of OUR outgrounds...
I'm annoyed too, as was looking forward to an extra game next week. Though the way were bowling and fielding today, I don't think we'll finish second anyway...
August 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm annoyed too, as was looking forward to an extra game next week. Though the way were bowling and fielding today, I don't think we'll finish second anyway...
I'm astonished we've not taken him out of the firing line at all - he's been in wretched form all season.
Serious risk that he drops out of the professional game, if he/we can't find a way back to some sort of form...
Serious risk that he drops out of the professional game, if he/we can't find a way back to some sort of form...
August 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm astonished we've not taken him out of the firing line at all - he's been in wretched form all season.
Serious risk that he drops out of the professional game, if he/we can't find a way back to some sort of form...
Serious risk that he drops out of the professional game, if he/we can't find a way back to some sort of form...
Look like Mayes is as good as the hype?
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Look like Mayes is as good as the hype?
Shocking in all elements of all forms. Hoping for too much from youngsters (e.g. Turner, Jack, Albert, Prest) and from players past their best (e.g. Wood).
Season in a write-off.
But hard to see how anything changes next year. In football, the manager would have gone by now...
Season in a write-off.
But hard to see how anything changes next year. In football, the manager would have gone by now...
June 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Shocking in all elements of all forms. Hoping for too much from youngsters (e.g. Turner, Jack, Albert, Prest) and from players past their best (e.g. Wood).
Season in a write-off.
But hard to see how anything changes next year. In football, the manager would have gone by now...
Season in a write-off.
But hard to see how anything changes next year. In football, the manager would have gone by now...
Yeah, we were always going to struggle, and Jordan's spell was brilliant.
Vince arrangement isn't working - his heart doesn't seem in it at all. Keeps getting out mistiming an attempted boundary, rather than anchoring innings like we need him to...
Vince arrangement isn't working - his heart doesn't seem in it at all. Keeps getting out mistiming an attempted boundary, rather than anchoring innings like we need him to...
June 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yeah, we were always going to struggle, and Jordan's spell was brilliant.
Vince arrangement isn't working - his heart doesn't seem in it at all. Keeps getting out mistiming an attempted boundary, rather than anchoring innings like we need him to...
Vince arrangement isn't working - his heart doesn't seem in it at all. Keeps getting out mistiming an attempted boundary, rather than anchoring innings like we need him to...
I left when Dawson went, to get out of car park before they closed it for 20 at the end!
Not a great performance, at all - we gave them too many, then gave away cheap wickets. Vince was most irritating of them, I think...
Not a great performance, at all - we gave them too many, then gave away cheap wickets. Vince was most irritating of them, I think...
June 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I left when Dawson went, to get out of car park before they closed it for 20 at the end!
Not a great performance, at all - we gave them too many, then gave away cheap wickets. Vince was most irritating of them, I think...
Not a great performance, at all - we gave them too many, then gave away cheap wickets. Vince was most irritating of them, I think...
Yep - like a different player.
Prest desperately needs to find some form from somewhere, though..
Prest desperately needs to find some form from somewhere, though..
June 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yep - like a different player.
Prest desperately needs to find some form from somewhere, though..
Prest desperately needs to find some form from somewhere, though..
Another great performance, and almost everyone did well.
Albert looks really impressive as a T20 opener!
Albert looks really impressive as a T20 opener!
June 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Another great performance, and almost everyone did well.
Albert looks really impressive as a T20 opener!
Albert looks really impressive as a T20 opener!
Looks like we weren't saving him for the Blast - just not picking him at all...
May 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Looks like we weren't saving him for the Blast - just not picking him at all...
Yep. Glad we inspired him 😉
Shame nobody else has also remembered how to bat...
Shame nobody else has also remembered how to bat...
May 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yep. Glad we inspired him 😉
Shame nobody else has also remembered how to bat...
Shame nobody else has also remembered how to bat...
I don't see how picking him regardless of form, is helping.
And I don't see how leaving Orr in seconds, regardless of form, helps him.
Surely it's past time to swap them round?
And I don't see how leaving Orr in seconds, regardless of form, helps him.
Surely it's past time to swap them round?
May 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I don't see how picking him regardless of form, is helping.
And I don't see how leaving Orr in seconds, regardless of form, helps him.
Surely it's past time to swap them round?
And I don't see how leaving Orr in seconds, regardless of form, helps him.
Surely it's past time to swap them round?
A really enjoyable session to take part in, to finish off an interesting day - thanks for asking me :-)
May 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A really enjoyable session to take part in, to finish off an interesting day - thanks for asking me :-)
Yep. We didn't have much choice with 1, I guess, but 2 was a shocking decision made worse by 3!
The batting is awful - don't understand why Orr doesn't get near the team when so many keep failing...
The batting is awful - don't understand why Orr doesn't get near the team when so many keep failing...
May 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yep. We didn't have much choice with 1, I guess, but 2 was a shocking decision made worse by 3!
The batting is awful - don't understand why Orr doesn't get near the team when so many keep failing...
The batting is awful - don't understand why Orr doesn't get near the team when so many keep failing...
"Poe and Vinyl" actually sounds amazing...
Not cheery, but dark and brilliant!
Not cheery, but dark and brilliant!
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Poe and Vinyl" actually sounds amazing...
Not cheery, but dark and brilliant!
Not cheery, but dark and brilliant!
There's a couple of guys up here sadly lamenting the fact that, by the end of this weekend, Hampshire could have more points than the Scummers... Not sure they appreciated me finding that prospect so funny.
April 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There's a couple of guys up here sadly lamenting the fact that, by the end of this weekend, Hampshire could have more points than the Scummers... Not sure they appreciated me finding that prospect so funny.
Yep. Bit blowy today, but great spot to watch from.
April 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yep. Bit blowy today, but great spot to watch from.
Very pleased I took a half day to watch the afternoon sessions.
April 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Very pleased I took a half day to watch the afternoon sessions.
Le Thuile, in Italian Alps, this year. You?
March 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Le Thuile, in Italian Alps, this year. You?
Mine is equally awful...
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Mine is equally awful...